Features and Fixes
These Release Notes contain a summary of changes made for the May 29-30, 2025, release of EchoVideo. For changes made in previous deployments, visit the Deployment Notes section of our Knowledge Base or contact support@echo360.com.
This release only applies to our CA, EU, and US regions.
Our APAC region will receive these updates at a later time.
Features
Chaptering V2
We are excited to announce significant improvements in our Chaptering feature, designed to enhance your content creation experience. Here are the key updates:
New Capabilities
- Editing and Manual Creation: Users can now edit existing chapters and manually create new ones, providing greater control over content structure.
- Import from External Sources: Easily import chapters from external sources, streamlining the integration of diverse content.
Advanced Technology Integration
- AWS Bedrock: Our Chaptering feature now leverages AWS Bedrock to automatically generate chapters, ensuring high accuracy and efficiency.
User Interface Enhancements
- Improved UI: Enjoy a more intuitive and user-friendly interface, making chapter management smoother and more accessible.
Enhanced Media Discoverability with AskEcho
We are thrilled to introduce a powerful new feature designed to boost the discoverability of your content. Here are the highlights:
AskEcho Integration
- Automated Titles, Descriptions, and Tags: Leveraging AskEcho, you can now chose to automatically generate optimized titles, descriptions, and tags for your media. This ensures your content is easily discoverable and reaches a wider audience.
Enhanced Discoverability
- Improved Search Results: With intelligently crafted metadata, your media will appear more prominently in search results, increasing visibility and engagement.
User-Friendly Experience
- Seamless Integration: The new feature integrates smoothly into your existing workflow, making it effortless to enhance your content's discoverability.
Summaries powered by AskEcho
We are delighted to introduce a new feature that enhances the viewer experience by providing concise summaries of your media. Here are the key details:
AskEcho Integration
- Automated Summaries: Utilizing AskEcho, our system now generates comprehensive summaries for your media. These summaries include a synopsis along with the main points and key takeaways.
Enhanced Viewer Experience
- Quick Insights: Viewers can quickly grasp the essence of your content, making it easier for them to understand and engage with your media.
Improved Content Accessibility
- Clear and Concise: The summaries are designed to be clear and concise, ensuring that your audience can easily access and comprehend the core messages of your media.
In-Player FAQs Powered by AskEcho
We are delighted to introduce a new feature that enhances the viewer experience by providing concise summaries of your media. Here are the key details:
AskEcho Integration
- Automated Summaries: Utilizing AskEcho, our system now generates comprehensive summaries for your media. These summaries include a synopsis along with the main points and key takeaways.
Enhanced Viewer Experience
- Quick Insights: Viewers can quickly grasp the essence of your content, making it easier for them to understand and engage with your media.
Improved Content Accessibility
- Clear and Concise: The summaries are designed to be clear and concise, ensuring that your audience can easily access and comprehend the core messages of your media.
NORUDNet Zoom Integration
We are delighted to announce that customers who utilise NORUDNet can now have a bespoke Zoom integration enabled, allowing them to leverage the Zoom integration available to our wider customer base.
Fixes
- Added the DeviceID field to the new MDP when a recording took place on a Pro, Pod, or UC: Classroom device.
- Improved support for paging in the Recycle Bin.
- Improves search capability in the Recycle Bin.
- Updated the HLS.js library used in the player for stability.
- General Bug Fixes in the new MDP.